#956A96#956A96

#956A96 is a mid, moderate purple. Relative luminance 0.189; OKLCH L 58.4% C 0.083 H 325.8°. Best body text is #000000 at 4.78:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#956A96
RGB	rgb(149, 106, 150)
HSL	hsl(299, 17%, 50%)
HSV	hsv(299, 29%, 59%)
CMYK	cmyk(0.7%, 29.3%, 0%, 41.2%)
CIE-LAB	lab(50.57, 24.87, -17.19)
CIE-LCH	lch(50.57, 30.24, 325.35°)
OKLab	oklab(58.37% 0.0685 -0.0465)
OKLCH	oklch(58.37% 0.083 325.8)
XYZ	xyz(23.0529, 18.9004, 31.2820)
Luminance	0.1890 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	neutral
Family	purple

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#956A96 #6B966A

analogous

#7F6A96 #956A96 #966A81

triadic

#956A96 #96956A #6A9695

tetradic

#956A96 #967F6A #6B966A #6A8196

square

#956A96 #967F6A #6B966A #6A8196

split-complementary

#956A96 #81966A #6A967F

monochromatic

#4E374E #725172 #956A96 #AF8EAF #C8B2C9

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.39

#956A96 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.78

#956A96 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#000000 on #956A96

4.78:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##956A96	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##956A96	1.00	4.39	4.78	4.78
#FFFFFF	4.39	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	4.78	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#677598

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#717A94

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#986E7A

Achromatopsia (no color)

#787878

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #956a96;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(149, 106, 150);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(58.4% 0.083 325.8);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b595b5',
    500: '#956a96',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #956a96;
$custom-light: #b595b5;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#956a96",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 149,
    "g": 106,
    "b": 150
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 298.636,
    "s": 17.323,
    "l": 50.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.5837,
    "c": 0.08282,
    "h": 325.8
  },
  "luminance": 0.189
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#956A96

secondary

#A5B8A4

accent

#BA6E70

background

#FBF9FB

surface

#F6F1F6

border

#D0CBD0

text

#110D11

muted

#807E80

Preview Lab

Preview with #956A96

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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